The First Furlong
Having been a Personal Trainer for the last 6 months, I wanted to share a number of things I’ve learnt, in the hope that if you are another Personal Trainer reading this, you’ll know that you are not alone in how you are feeling!
Bear Fitness At Home Workout
The weather has taken a turn for the worse this week, but if you can’t quite face leaving the front door and making your way to the gym, a simple at home body weight workout is more than enough! Try the below for a 20 - 30 minute workout.
The Bearer Of Bad News
Being a PT has taught me a number of things, however owning and running a business has taught me many more. One big learning curve was how to face ‘rejection’.
My Paw Head..
It's Sunday morning; you’ve had a great night last night but have drunk a little more than you had anticipated. A feeling many of us know oh too well – a little groggy, tired eyes and a lingering headache.
(Drop) Bear Fitness In Australia
We'll stop going on about it soon, we promise... Just in case you weren't aware we spent some time in Australia in January 2016. As much as this was a holiday we also flew over to explore their fitness scene and to see if there was anything..
The effect of attentional focus on running performance.
The aim of this study was to examine whether experimentally manipulating a runner’s focus of attention would have a significant effect on running performance during a 10 minute bout of high intensity (70%HRmax – 90%HRmax) running.
Koala Bear Fitness
Bear fitness landed in Australia just two weeks ago and we've just about recovered from the jet lag and all the exploring we've been doing. We promised ourselves that despite going away we would keep up our fitness regimes
Running Out Of Excuses
I’m too tired, I am too busy, I’ll go later, all excuses I used before either eventually convincing myself to move out of the front door or just throw the towel in completely. Running - it’s a love hate relationship
Great British Sport
It seems our TVs have become a constant rerun of extremely similar shows, if not in content then definitely in format. From The X Factor; Strictly Come Dancing to The Apprentice - and coming soon there's even going to be a pottery-off starting on BBC2!
We're nuts about it...
Last weekend the Bear Fitness team took on the Nuts Challenge, a 5km 'out-and-out obstacle course' - and with 100 different challenges to face,